Mustering In
Todd O. Cronkhite Maine Native now in Jax Fl.
>Fiqured I'd better show my face before the AWOL Squad comes about to haulk me in. Been hard ar it still. Can't even remember all I've done lately. The days have all blurred together and it's been all go go go at full blast. Must say that I've been rather enjoying it tho. Getting much done, and feel that I'm years ahead of the game. Every day has been like a Saturday which makes 22 Saturdays in a row.
The cement job got back- listed to a unpredetermined time. I started it, but realized that 1) in is inside work and can be done no matter the weather, and 2) it was a bigger job than a initally realized, and was going to eat up time that I could better utilize on other things that needed to be done.
I'd say for the most part I've finished up all I wanted too, and accomplised many other little jobs that popped up, such as digging out the little flower bed along the backside of the house that had become filled in. It was like that when we bought the place three years ago, and I never bothered to dig it out, however it had a bick border and I kept triping over the bricks so the other day when I tripped over them for the ga-zillionth time I grabbed up a shovel a dug it out. Same thing with the hedges that where between my neighbors house and mine. My dog got her chain wrapped up in them again, for the mega-millionth time and I said "That's it, they're outta here RIGH NOW!, and after two hours of sweating digging and chopping they where gone.
This morning I had need to used my out door water spigot, so I went to it and got into a fight with the chain-link fence that is beside it for the giga-ba-xillionth time and I said "That's it! I'm moving it closer to my shop door and away from this blooody bleep, bleep, bleep, bleep fence. Should be easy enough thought I. Dig up the pipe, put in an elbow, lay in 25 feet of pipe, put on an elbow reattch the spigot and bing-go bang-o, Bob's your Uncle, no more fights with the fence. Well, long story short, 10 hours later I finished up glued everything together, and it started to rain so I'll finish it tomorrow.
Got attacked by the ants again yesterday. U was working on the air conditioner wiring, and about 1000 of the ants which where crawling on the side of the house got onto my left shoulder, arm, and hand counted to three and they all bit me at once I swear. I am now covered with little white-head looking bumps from them, which blend it nicely with the ones all over my ankles and feet. I've been battling these ants for a few months now and I think I've found the solution. Seems where the air handler drain exits from my house is where the ants like to live due to the moisture, so I extended that drain another 15 feet down my back yard. Coarse. that was easier said than done as well.
Looks like noi bench making for me on this vacation, I have only a week left, and I'm sure I can find enough other things to do to fill the time. Ahhhhhhhhhhh well, no matter, cooler weather is coming anyhow, and I've managed to insulate my garage door, and get it all sealed up to almost light tight, so it should be nice and cozy in there when I finaly can get in some shoptime again.
I started vacation at 210 lbs, and tipped the scale this a.m. at 197. I better get back to work before I turn into a rail eh? ;~)
I have managed to find a few goodies at my Wednesday morning flea market, nothing special except for the old old 115lb anvil, forge blower, and nice hand crank grinder for $100 two weeks ago. I intend to post pics of the anvil sooner or later.
Todd O.